Where does “kanakoppi” come from?
kanakoppi (Finnish) comes from Finnish koppi, from Finnish koppa, from Ancient Greek κόππα, from Ancient Greek ϙόππα, from Phoenician 𐤒 — qoph; qop.
kanakoppi (Finnish): a small henhouse, chicken coop, hencoop
Definitions
- a small henhouse, chicken coop, hencoop
Ancestry of “kanakoppi”, step by step
kanakoppi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish koppi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koppi | small hut or cell; doghouse; booth |
| 2 | Finnish | koppa | basket; koppa |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κόππα | Alternative form of ϙόππα |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ϙόππα | qoppa, an archaic letter Ϙ, ϙ of the Ancient... |
| 5 | Phoenician | 𐤒 | qoph; qop |
via Finnish kana
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kana | chicken; hen; gallinaceous |
| 2 | Japanese | 仮名 | a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana; a... |
| 3 | Japanese | 名 | name; reputation; famous, great, noted |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 名 | name |